# Council Regulation (EU) 2020/900 of 25 June 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1838 as regards certain fishing opportunities for 2020 in the Baltic Sea and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards certain fishing opportunities in 2020 in Union and non-Union waters, Annex II

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Annexes IA, ID, IH and V to Regulation (EU) 2020/123 are amended as follows:
(1) Annex IA is amended as follows:
(a) the fishing opportunities table for herring in Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N, is replaced by the following:
Catches of herring taken in fisheries using nets with mesh sizes equal to or larger than 32 mm.
Catches taken within this quota are to be deducted from Norway’s share of the TAC. Within the limit of this quota, no more than the quantity given below may be taken in Union waters of 4a and 4b (HER/*4AB-C). An additional quantity of maximum 10 000 tonnes will be granted if such an increase is called for by Norway.
50 000
‘Species:
Herring
Zone:
Union and Norwegian waters of 4 north of 53° 30′ N
Clupea harengus
(HER/4AB.)
Denmark
59 468
Analytical TAC
Article 7(2) of this Regulation applies
Germany
39 404
France
20 670
The Netherlands
51 717
Sweden
3 913
United Kingdom
55 583
Union
230 755
Faroe Islands
250
Norway
111 652
TAC
385 008
Special condition: within the limits of the abovementioned quotas, no more than the quantities given below may be taken by the Union in Norwegian waters south of 62° N. An additional quantity of maximum 10 000 tonnes will be granted if such an increase is called for by the European Union.
Norwegian waters south of 62° N (HER/*04N-)
50 000’
(b) the fishing opportunities table for anchovy in ICES subareas 9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1 is replaced by the following:
The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 September 2020.’
‘Species:
Anchovy
Zone:
9 and 10; Union waters of CECAF 34.1.1
Engraulis encrasicolus
(ANE/9/3411)
Spain
1 922
Precautionary TAC
Portugal
1 922
Union
4 018
TAC
4 018
(c) the fishing opportunities table for Northern prawn in ICES division 3a is replaced by the following:
‘
Species:
Northern prawn
Zone:
3a
Pandalus borealis
(PRA/03A.)
Denmark
2 123
Analytical TAC
Sweden
1 143
Union
3 266
TAC
6 115
’
(d) the following fishing opportunities table for sprat and associated by-catches in Union waters of ICES division 3a is inserted:
Up to 5 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting and haddock (OTH/*03A.2). By-catches of whiting and haddock counted against the quota pursuant to this provision and by-catches of species counted against the quota pursuant to Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall, together, not exceed 9 % of the quota.
This quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.’
‘Species:
Sprat and associated by-catches
Zone:
3a
Sprattus sprattus
(SPR/03A.2)
Denmark
25 482
Analytical TAC
Germany
53
Sweden
9 642
Union
35 177
TAC
38 029
(e) the fishing opportunities table for sprat and associated by-catches in Union waters of ICES division 2a and ICES subarea 4 is replaced by the following:
The quota may only be fished from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Up to 2 % of the quota may consist of by-catches of whiting (OTH/*2AC4C). By-catches of whiting counted against the quota pursuant to this provision and by-catches of species counted against the quota pursuant to Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall, together, not exceed 9 % of the quota.
Including sandeels.
May contain up to 4 % of by-catch of herring.’
‘Species:
Sprat and associated by-catches
Zone:
Union waters of 2a and 4
Sprattus sprattus
(SPR/2AC4-C)
Belgium
1 821
Analytical TAC
Denmark
144 154
Germany
1 821
France
1 821
The Netherlands
1 821
Sweden
1 330
United Kingdom
6 010
Union
158 778
Norway
10 000
Faroe Islands
1 000
TAC
169 778
(2) In Annex ID, the fishing opportunities table for swordfish in the Mediterranean is replaced by the following:
This quota may only be fished from 1 April to 31 December.’
‘Species
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
Zone:
Mediterranean Sea
(SWO/MED)
Croatia
14,60
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply.
Cyprus
53,85
Spain
1 663,34
France
115,93
Greece
1 101,1
Italy
3 409,98
Malta
404,55
Union
6 763,35
TAC
9 583,07
(3) In Annex IH, the fishing opportunities table for jack mackerel in the SPRFMO convention area is replaced by the following:
‘
Species:
Jack mackerel
Trachurus murphyi
Zone:
SPRFMO Convention Area
(CJM/SPRFMO)
Germany
10 446,8
Analytical TAC
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 shall not apply
The Netherlands
11 323,26
Lithuania
7 269,16
Poland
12 498,78
Union
41 538
TAC
Not relevant
’
(4) In Annex V, in the table part B on ‘Maximum number of fishing authorisations for third-country vessels fishing in union waters’, footnote 1 is replaced by the following:
(1) ‘To issue those fishing authorisations, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the vessel owner applying for the fishing authorisation and a processing undertaking situated in the Department of French Guiana, and that it includes an obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking’s plant. Such a contract must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guianese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the fishing authorisation application. Where such an endorsement is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission. A fishing vessel flying the flag of Venezuela authorised to carry out fishing activities in 2020 may continue fishing until 1 April 2021 pending the renewal of its fishing authorisation and provided that:
the vessel operator has signed a new supply contract for 2021,
the authorisation renewal procedures are underway for this vessel,
the vessel operator has complied with its reporting and contractual landing obligations in 2020.
This extension expires on the date of entry into force of the Commission’s decision issuing a fishing authorisation for 2021 for the vessel, or upon notification from the Commission that the authorisation is refused.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/900/annex/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-900/annex-II
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